Re: Best Day Of Coachella of All Time

Friday of 08 for me.

Battles > Cut Copy > Aphex Twin > Pendulum > Fatboy Slim

I wish I had known Dan Deacon at the time because I definitely would have stayed for his set in the Gobi in between Battles and Cut Copy instead of wandering around. Either way, great fucking day. 08 was probably my favorite year all around.

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sunday 09 i think for me just in terms of the overall experience. i had been at coachella running around for two straight days by myself (with friends obviously, but if i felt like going somewhere i'd suddenly sprint off on my own) and then sunday my girlfriend and her friend came and we spent the majority of the day climbing all over the dome and sprinting back and forth to the sahara. plumps and groove armada stand out.

Re: Best Day Of Coachella of All Time

I should say Friday of '06 because seeing Daft Punk at Coachella changed my life. But this thread is about the best day overall and other than that one act, the rest of that day didn't hold a candle to some of the other days I've had at Coachella. Really, my best overall day of Coachella of all time would be a tie between Friday 2009 (highlights in bold):

Gui Boratto
Steve Aoki / wandering around when we got bored of Aoki's anticsThe Hold Steady won't get a chance to see that amazing keyboardist Franz Nicolay play with them again, and he was the highlight of that band. AmazingThe Black KeysCrystal CastlesGhostland ObservatoryGirl TalkThe PresetsThe Crystal MethodPaul McCartney caught about the last 45 minutes of his set after TCM :-D

And Sunday 2007

Lupe Fiasco
Tapes N' TapesGrizzly Bear for about 1/2 an hourExplosions in the SkySoulwax Nite Versions
CSSKlaxons right at the front it was insannnee
Cut Chemist in the Dome
Air (only for a bit since they came on so late)RATATATRATM

And I've been to 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, and 2010.
Great thread by the way!

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Saturday of 2001 was it for me. I was really sad back then and I drove out by myself and within about two hours I knew I wouldn't ever miss a day at Coachella. Highlights were Saint Germain on the Outdoor Stage (I was in tears during their entire afternoon set it was soooo beautiful) and then the Jane's Addiction reunion later that night was stupendous.

It wasn't until the Sunday of 2002 when I spent any time at the Sahara tent because I didn't think I cared for EDM, and that was a life-changer as well - I spend most of my time at the Sahara these days.

Saturday of 2004 was pretty awesome as well - there were just way too many people crowded at the Main Stage for Radiohead and I was a mile away so I went to a tent and discovered Mindless Self Indulgence playing to almost nobody and they were AMAZING!

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That was an insane weekend too.

This question is impossible. What came first, the chicken or the egg?

05 cherry popper

I will tell you my worst day. Sunday 2009 - the only day I could make it that year.

I got a flat tire on the way to coachella, had to get it changed at the Costco a few miles away from the fields, got drunk at the red robin near by, even more drunk in the parking lot meeting up with two friends, super mega ultra combo drunk inside the venue, taking a nap in the cooled igloo room, and having my phone stolen from right in-front of me.

Originally Posted by fatbastard

Don't ever use Paul's name again in a posting. YOU GOT THAT YOU STUPID MOTHERFUCKER? Paul was making his bones in the business back when you were just cum in your mother's ear.

Re: Best Day Of Coachella of All Time

Originally Posted by RickeyinLA

M.I.A. was there too, was she a late add?
That was the best weekend ever.

Honestly can't remember. What I do remember was the fact that the security, lack there of, was so relaxed about the whole thing. Felt like they were rent-a-disney-cast-members. When the sun went down every night, literally, the crazies came out. Insane! Plus it felt like a private event.

Originally Posted by fatbastard

Don't ever use Paul's name again in a posting. YOU GOT THAT YOU STUPID MOTHERFUCKER? Paul was making his bones in the business back when you were just cum in your mother's ear.

Re: Best Day Of Coachella of All Time

Originally Posted by vogina

Honestly can't remember. What I do remember was the fact that the security, lack there of, was so relaxed about the whole thing. Felt like they were rent-a-disney-cast-members. When the sun went down every night, literally, the crazies came out. Insane! Plus it felt like a private event.

I remember the stage filling up with crowdmembers for Paper Planes and they had to get people off the stage because it was a-creaking and the speaker stacks on the sides were going to topple inwards. She really needs more gunshots and airhorns in her show though because, c'mon.

PS: I drive past the corner of Glendale Blvd and Silver Lake every day and there is STILL a faded poster for the M.I.A. show last summer on the SE traffic light pole. It mocks me to this day for buying those tickets.